Hi guys,
I?m new here and looking to get some help.
Just a short story.
My friend purchased an FL350 that sat outside for a good price. It had a busted axle so we couldn?t drive it. It seemed to idle and rev just fine. At the time it was setup for gravity feed.
When we got it to my house we began to work. He immediately ordered a rear axle and when it arrived we installed it. At the time I had no idea about pretty much anything on this thing. We continued to run the gravity feed system and took it for a quick ride. We only ran it for a short amount of time (15 mins tops) and it ran great. He took it to his house and went to take it for a ride but fluid has gotten into the starter and it no longer worked. I cleaned out the starter and got it working again. Then he went to go for a short ride and as he was leaving his driveway started to act funny so he stopped and put it in neutral. I started to walk over and it starts screaming at high RPM so I run over and pull the spark plug. It?s still screaming so I unscrew the filter and smother the intake. It freaked him out so I talked him into taking everything apart and checking everything and repainting the frame. He agreed and we tore it down. I rebuilt the master cylinder, carburetor, fuel pump, coated the Original gas tank.
Fast forward to now, we have everything back together and working great aside from a few things.
When I coated the gas tank I let it dry in the wrong position and it plugged the Reserve. Is there any way I can dig that crap out aside from cutting the tank open?
I bled the front breaks and they work GREAT! I have bled the rears and they don?t lock up at all.
I When I rebuilt the carburetor I saw it has a #142 main and the needle is on the 3rd groove, as per service manual. It was also missing a spring on the air adjustment screw do how important is it? We are at 2389ft, and it never gets any colder than 50?. Mid day is around 70?.
I have been trying to adjust the carb, but I can?t seem to get it to do what the Service manual wants it to do. I turn the air screw all the way in and then out 1.5 turns. I do not have a tach, so I pretty much guess where 1300 or whatever RPS is at. After letting it warm up for a minute I start to rotate the screw clockwise till the engine dies or so the manual says it will. It will not shut off. I can run the screw all the way in and it will never shut off. Does that mean we have a leak somewhere?
Also what kind of oil do we use in the balancer? 2 stroke oil or 4 stroke? I can seem to get a clear answer.
I will no doubt add to this later, but for now that?s all I can think of.
I would greatly appreciate any and all help!